Hair-curler.



M. M. POLLARD.

HAIR GURLBR.

APPLICATION FILED 9130.27, 1912.

1,090,341. Patented Mar.17,1914.

WIM/58858 [NVE/WOR TTOHNEY 'ITW MARION MORTON POLLARID, OF DOBBS FERRY, NEW YORK.

HAIR-CURLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

Application tiled December 27, 1912. Serial No. 738,886.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, MARION Mon'roN Por,- Lann, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the town of Dobbs Ferry, county of lVestchester, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l-Iair-Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

This device is intended as an advance in an art that has been well developed but in producing the subject of the present application I believe that I have shaped a structure that will operate with an etliciency not found in its predecessors.

This curler is intended to combine the functions of a cold curler upon which the hair is wound and forcibly retained until the desirable curl or twist has been formed and the warm or hot curler that. is inserted and twisted into the hair for the purpose of quickly drying it into a shape to be determined by the curler or its action.

The construction and operation of this device will be set forth in detail as the specification progresses.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out this invention.

The accompanying` drawings form a part of this specification, in which:

Figure l shows in elevation my completed device with the heating element inserted. Fig. 2 shows another View of this device, this view is also in elevation,but is taken at right angles to the view shown in F ig. l. Fig. El shows a modification of the general shape. Fig. it shows a heating unit, and Fig. 5 shows my device in end elevation but with `the heating unit omitted.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures Where they appear.

The body member of my device is constructed of a plurality of tubes l and 2, each of equal length and each provided with a hinge member formed at one end as shown at 3 and Lt. These tubes may be made of sheet metal or of any other suitable material and should be pivoted together at 5 so vthat they may be separated to allow the hair to be turned about either of the tubes, Nhen the proper amount of hair has been twisted about one of the tubes, the other tube will be forced down upon the hair and if secured in this depressed condition the device will serve as a cold curler in the ordinary .manner of operation. To expedite the work and obtain the desirable results in a speedy manner I have provided a forked member G which may be of steel, brass or any suitable material. This member is adapted to be inserted longitudinally into the tubes l and 9 and when so inserted will hold the tubes in tirm engagement with the hair. It is my intention that this member G shall be heated, to a greater or less eX- tent, before it is inserted into the tubes l and 2, and that it will, when so heated and inserted, warm to a desirable extent the tubes l and 2 and the hair that may be turned about either or both of the tubes. By the transfer of heat between the tubes and the element G the hair is warmed and dried and assumes quickly and surely, the desirable wave, curl or undulation.

In my experiments I have found that when it is desirable to form a great quantity of hair into a single curl or ringlet, the device as shown in Fig. l will not operate with the highest degree oit etliciency, for the reason that the separate sides l and 2 will be forced so far apart that ditliculty will be encountered in inserting the forked member (3. I have therefor devised the construction shown in Fig. 3, wherein the tubular members T and 8 are bowed though hinged together at t). The heating element l0 is also slightly bowed being given the same curvature as the tubes T and S. In connecting my device for operation the tubes 7 and 8 are arranged with their concaved sides opposite to each other so as to allow a liberal space l1. between the two members for the reception of the hair.

At 12, I have shown a handle member connected to the forked member 10 and I intend that this handle member should be faced with non-comlucting material such as wood or asbestos so that the element l() when properly heated can be handled by the operator without serious imzonvenience.

It is obvious that other shapes than those set forth can be given my device and that other nnzditications can be made by a good mechanic without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages ot this invention, as set forth in the appended claim.

I-Iaving carefully and fully described my lOO Signed at New York oit-y, in the county of New York, and State of New York this A hair eurler Comprising e plurality of dey of December 1912. tubular members hinged together, and a l MARIGN MORTON PULLARD. forked heating' member adapted to be in- Ii Witnesses:

invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s serted longitudinally into said tubular mem- Gr. E. STERRITTE, bers for the purpose set forth. ARTHURPHELPS MARR.

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